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Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Humour, Society | 1 Comment »
What is it about the internal combustion engine that transforms otherwise rational people into mouth-breathing morons? I’m not referring to people who drive cars and trucks because they have no other ... Read more..Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. That these times are, in fact, extraordinary is indisputable. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been earmarked to prop up giant banks that, were they ... Read more..Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
What a difference a month makes. Was it really only 29 days ago when Prime Minister Stephen Harper boasted about the fundamental strength of the national economy? Our banking system, he ... Read more..Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
The Atlantic Gateway, that multi-billion-dollar scheme to position the region as the premier transportation corridor between the Far East and the American Midwest, is by no means dead. But is ... Read more..Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Politics | 1 Comment »
As the world continues to careen down the financial rabbit hole, three of Wall Street’s fattest bunnies – Lloyd Blanffein, Jon Winkelried and Gary Cohn of Goldman Sachs – have ... Read more..Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Education | No Comments »
She’s 22, earns straight “As”, belongs to a dozen campus organizations, and believes, with the bullet-proof bravado of youth, that she is strong and smart beyond compare and that almost ... Read more..Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Society | No Comments »
On any given day, Marc Chouinard haunts the nooks and crannies of the Capitol Theatre in downtown Moncton like a phantom from one of the operas he regularly hosts. As ... Read more..Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Roland Hache, New Brunswick’s rumpled, moustachioed minister of infrastructure, bears only a passing resemblance to a shopping mall Santa. But this past summer, he seemed like the genuine article when ... Read more..Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Society | No Comments »
I made her bed for the first time 24 years ago. She was blonde and silky haired, and impossibly beautiful. Her eyes were steel blue and they looked at you ... Read more..Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
Seperation of Church and Fate In a speech to Atlantic Baptist University in Moncton, N.B., last week, Preston Manning – the founder of the Reform Party, precursor to the current Conservative ... Read more..